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615,214 reports
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 0 10k 20k 30k 40k 50k # Posted 91,301 jobs
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 0 5k 10k 20k 20k 30k # Posted 9,953 training
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 0 500 1k 2k 2k 3k # Posted 2,713 disasters
1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 0 50 100 200 # Posted
Data for jobs, training, vulnerable groups and some themes is only available since the launch of the new ReliefWeb in 2011.
Themes Number of reports tagged with a theme according to the ReliefWeb taxonomy. Some themes, such as Gender, Climate Change or Humanitarian Financing were added to the ReliefWeb taxonomy in 2011. While some reports have been tagged retrospectively, trends are more reliable from 2011 onwards. The figures do not indicate the total number of reports published by ReliefWeb since a report can be tagged with multiple themes. For a description of the ReliefWeb themes please see: Taxonomy description - Themes .
Themes - Evolution 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 15 9 9 52 55 75 95 131 135 139 160 194 176 279 251 219 248 647 890 Mine Action 14 8 18 290 726 1193 1064 1388 1638 2629 2209 2114 2706 3210 2920 3317 3776 3506 4730 Contributions 13 15 42 62 80 83 102 824 1443 3343 3581 3906 5686 5484 7370 5743 3453 2841 4439 Coordination 11 9 31 69 110 111 172 3755 4010 5993 4975 5487 6342 8858 7771 8850 11882 11202 15491 Health 11 24 52 82 116 114 235 3341 3885 4347 4212 4348 5015 6581 6725 13249 16874 12447 16351 Protection and Human Rights 11 10 19 32 37 36 65 1016 1062 2913 2069 1981 2060 2719 2832 4184 5079 4595 5065 Recovery and Reconstruction 9 24 35 78 123 101 209 3350 3595 4911 4592 4152 5732 5656 5978 8825 12339 11475 12215 Food and Nutrition 8 8 6 14 30 23 31 25 35 64 62 91 79 110 116 1788 2916 2467 2505 Disaster Management 5 9 13 19 36 33 47 32 55 79 110 85 79 112 109 1874 4406 3966 4503 Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding 3 17 15 29 41 51 108 1181 1527 2030 2263 2108 2572 3415 3486 5023 7529 6671 6660 Agriculture 3 7 9 9 28 37 55 1433 1266 1261 1594 1442 1311 1199 939 1254 1074 1077 1309 Safety and Security 2 1 1 2 3 2 9 8 26 50 108 76 748 1090 803 1071 Climate Change and Environment 2 5 20 32 39 33 71 1000 1016 1676 1438 1483 1803 1880 1924 2792 4593 4168 4982 Education 1 4 6 6 12 16 25 21 33 50 39 34 38 53 74 1049 890 261 330 Gender 1 5 11 15 2 2 16 27 10 9 9 10 31 1468 2188 2521 3298 Logistics and Telecommunications 1 1 7 36 54 38 46 1401 2130 3798 2563 3236 3887 3364 4057 5494 7368 7792 8342 Shelter and Non-Food Items 1 7 19 36 59 49 57 2000 2172 3220 2992 3256 3580 3658 4033 5375 7378 6732 8254 Water Sanitation Hygiene 3 2 5 7 15 16 42 23 42 45 17 38 43 725 1114 911 732 HIV/Aids 3 6 6 15 4 12 9 3 12 17 31 36 54 59 716 660 264 234 Humanitarian Financing Themes - Comparison per year 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 890 Mine Action 4730 Contributions 4439 Coordination 15491 Health 16351 Protection and Human Rights 5065 Recovery and Reconstruction 12215 Food and Nutrition 2505 Disaster Management 4503 Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding 6660 Agriculture 1309 Safety and Security 1071 Climate Change and Environment 4982 Education 330 Gender 3298 Logistics and Telecommunications 8342 Shelter and Non-Food Items 8254 Water Sanitation Hygiene 732 HIV/Aids 234 Humanitarian Financing 0.0 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k 8.0k 10k 12k 14k 16k Disater Types Number of reports tagged with a disaster type according to RW taxonomy. The numbers do not indicate the total number of reports published by ReliefWeb since one report can be tagged with multiple disaster types. For a description of the ReliefWeb disaster types please see: Taxonomy description - Disaster Types
Disater Types - Evolution 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 162 390 716 1095 2195 1614 1919 1239 1420 1713 2838 4979 4889 3433 7155 6928 7818 8189 7977 Flood 117 138 665 667 523 468 490 479 1676 2420 1152 2191 6097 3594 2135 2094 2695 3870 2888 Tropical Cyclone 41 105 250 1210 282 1782 811 853 1770 11135 4124 1855 2628 2146 7084 3537 2132 1745 1237 Earthquake 21 6 2 26 8 138 23 36 151 29 125 48 87 423 530 762 974 1239 Severe Local Storm 10 72 84 34 12 2 35 48 1 36 15 123 17 115 229 129 265 107 174 Wild Fire 4 13 1 29 40 11 52 49 2 64 19 6 1 1 2 Extratropical Cyclone 3 5 70 67 122 13 181 68 163 85 160 56 52 172 312 88 90 Technological Disaster 2 136 124 122 988 1793 1273 399 46 31 8 14 66 417 388 3580 7220 4775 4073 Drought 2 25 175 11 19 141 1219 487 340 233 714 2502 5678 4900 Flash Flood 2 86 14 182 136 96 665 47 61 210 698 183 326 315 677 413 289 323 754 Volcano 90 170 34 3 3 74 13 60 1 3 13 285 220 2975 6353 3791 2246 Other 8 1 14 1 1 1 29 16 91 17 2 72 48 1268 409 434 128 Mud Slide 5 2 2 372 919 54 48 45 109 10 46 244 313 220 Insect Infestation 74 24 3 3 932 6964 1302 744 308 796 163 713 379 262 346 Tsunami 4 1 1 1 31 153 20 28 20 174 240 461 664 2248 3863 4723 5473 Land Slide 2 16 6 44 13 4 129 10 25 4 145 54 30 Snow Avalanche 106 218 31 84 48 91 30 109 330 153 248 302 342 563 292 Cold Wave 1 41 7 19 31 2 140 161 2486 1659 1584 2212 2278 7356 Epidemic 14 3 2 1 7 66 77 34 1116 1429 Storm Surge 16 128 15 17 10 53 69 9 Heat Wave 39 11 2 1 18 82 101 43 Fire Disater Types - Comparison per year 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 7977 Flood 2888 Tropical Cyclone 1237 Earthquake 1239 Severe Local Storm 174 Wild Fire 2 Extratropical Cyclone 90 Technological Disaster 4073 Drought 4900 Flash Flood 754 Volcano 2246 Other 128 Mud Slide 220 Insect Infestation 346 Tsunami 5473 Land Slide 30 Snow Avalanche 292 Cold Wave 7356 Epidemic 1429 Storm Surge 9 Heat Wave 43 Fire 0.0 1.0k 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k 6.0k 7.0k 8.0k 9.0k 10k 11k Vulnerable Groups Number of reports tagged with a vulnerable group according to RW taxonomy. The numbers do not indicate the total number of reports published by ReliefWeb since one report can be tagged with multiple vulnerable groups. For a description of the ReliefWeb vulnerable groups please see: Taxonomy description - Vulnerable Groups
Vulnerable Groups - Evolution 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 18 37 44 67 116 169 210 1180 1662 2370 3114 3805 4854 5809 4709 5733 6753 6959 10129 IDPs 16 38 49 70 114 169 208 1185 1646 2365 3123 3800 4859 5807 4681 5217 6671 7098 8632 Refugees 2 2 5 7 12 11 12 9 17 11 20 12 16 34 61 2011 5007 4902 6261 Women 1 2 14 17 9 6 13 9 15 37 31 34 29 80 91 3543 8602 9069 11325 Children 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 6 113 324 409 901 Aged Persons 1 1 1 2 6 12 271 527 578 644 Persons with Disabilities Vulnerable Groups - Comparison per year 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 10129 IDPs 8632 Refugees 6261 Women 11325 Children 901 Aged Persons 644 Persons with Disabilities 0.0 1.0k 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k 5.0k 6.0k 7.0k 8.0k 9.0k 10k 11k Organization Types Source type is the generic grouping for organizations used by ReliefWeb. The numbers do not indicate the total number of reports published by ReliefWeb since one report can be tagged with multiple sources and thus include more than 1 source type. For a description of the ReliefWeb organization types please see: Taxonomy description - Organization Types
Organization Types - Evolution 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 1200 2642 3300 6015 7105 8915 8841 10334 9718 13241 14042 14072 16627 19050 17241 16006 18069 18082 24001 International Organization 1176 1761 1951 5240 4557 5694 6504 6265 5485 11381 9718 6864 9142 11383 9314 8398 11563 9895 10316 Media 347 708 988 2483 2556 3870 4424 4523 4284 6828 6435 4903 6515 7353 6494 6588 7144 6176 7646 Non-governmental Organization 246 579 462 1329 1283 2130 2816 2848 3280 6367 6978 5747 7996 9880 8731 9272 9667 8106 10506 Government 208 329 415 734 735 993 1227 1154 1317 1913 2070 1911 2433 2369 2346 2234 2289 2191 2212 Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement 51 41 80 297 204 250 384 302 381 701 795 684 912 1068 1386 1250 1360 1103 1186 Academic and Research Institution 16 70 16 43 48 55 82 75 69 123 106 160 257 336 363 286 389 550 1188 Other Organization Types - Comparison per year 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 24001 International Organization 10316 Media 7646 Non-governmental Organization 10506 Government 2212 Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement 1186 Academic and Research Institution 1188 Other 0.0 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k 8.0k 10k 12k 14k 16k 18k 20k 22k 24k 